Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: A. F. Weaver Collectionhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/AFWC/browse/?fq=dc_type:text&fq=untl_institution:BDPL2009-11-12T21:47:41-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: A. F. Weaver CollectionThe Carlsbad of America2009-11-12T21:47:41-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60966/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60966/"><img alt="The Carlsbad of America" title="The Carlsbad of America" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60966/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is the battered title page of a pamphlet about Mineral Wells, calling it "The Carlsbad of America." It gives the property valuation (ending in 1905), and the population of the city (also ending in 1905). A colophon at the bottom of the pamphlet remarks "Texas An Empire---A nation within a Nation." The pamphlet reports itself as the work of the Index Printing Company.</p>[Page from Pamphlet about Palo Pinto County Water]2009-11-12T21:47:41-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60969/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60969/"><img alt="[Page from Pamphlet about Palo Pinto County Water]" title="[Page from Pamphlet about Palo Pinto County Water]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60969/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture appears to be the battered remains of a pamphlet that extols the water of Palo Pinto County. Its provenance remains, unfortunately, still [2014] unknown.</p>The Brain Busters2009-11-12T21:47:41-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60967/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60967/"><img alt="The Brain Busters" title="The Brain Busters" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60967/small/"/></a></p><p>Black-face comedy was considered a socially acceptable form of entertainment until after World War II. The pamphlet suggests that "The Brain Busters" were a series of difficult questions sent in to the duo by listeners to their radio program. Further information about "Sugar Cane" and "February" (the black-face actors) is unfortunately lacking.</p>Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department (Souvenir)2009-11-12T21:47:41-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60970/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60970/"><img alt="Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department (Souvenir)" title="Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department (Souvenir)" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60970/small/"/></a></p><p>None</p>[A Minstrel Show Program]2009-11-12T21:47:41-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60965/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60965/"><img alt="[A Minstrel Show Program]" title="[A Minstrel Show Program]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60965/small/"/></a></p><p>None</p>MINERAL WELLS TEXAS CARLSBAD WATER2008-08-25T14:33:52-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39227/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39227/"><img alt="MINERAL WELLS TEXAS CARLSBAD WATER" title="MINERAL WELLS TEXAS CARLSBAD WATER" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39227/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture appears to be a label taken from a container of mineral water sold by the Texas Carlsbad Water Company. The label describes the water as "Purgative" and "Diuretic." DIRECTIONS state further: The average person requires from 8 to 12 glasses per day, but there are those who need less, and others for whom this quantity will not suffice. Hence drink such quantity as gives desired effect, be it small or great. One or two glasses taken hot, half hour before breakfast, will be found very effective.
The label ends with the legend: This Label Censored [sic] by the Parker-Palo Pinto Co. Medical Society.</p>[A Centennial Booklet of First Baptist Church]2008-06-01T19:52:15-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38091/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38091/"><img alt="[A Centennial Booklet of First Baptist Church]" title="[A Centennial Booklet of First Baptist Church]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38091/small/"/></a></p><p>A booklet of twenty pages, celebrating centennial anniversary of First Baptist Church of Mineral Wells, October 10, 1982, it indicates that the Reverend Bobby E. Moore was pastor at the time.
The booklet is paperback and vanilla-colored. The text is in brown sans-serif. The interior text is in script.</p>"Crazy Hotel Opens"2008-06-01T19:50:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38087/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38087/"><img alt=""Crazy Hotel Opens"" title=""Crazy Hotel Opens"" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38087/small/"/></a></p><p>Text of a speech given by A. W. Weaver to the Mineral Wells Heritage Association about the opening of a new Crazy Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas.</p>The Health Resort Quarterly, 4 of 4: Pages 4 and 52007-11-29T18:44:24-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29824/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29824/"><img alt="The Health Resort Quarterly, 4 of 4: Pages 4 and 5" title="The Health Resort Quarterly, 4 of 4: Pages 4 and 5" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29824/small/"/></a></p><p>On these pages are seen advertisements for The Fairfield Inn, owner Mrs. Walter H. Boykin; The Oxford Hotel (C. H. Browning is listed as the proprietor) with European and American plans available; and The Davis Well Water and By-Products (Dr. E. A. Davis, is listed as president). The quarterly reports that the Odd Fellow Convention will be held in Mineral Wells in 1916.</p>The Health Resort Quarterly, 3 of 4: Pages 2 and 32007-11-29T18:44:15-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29825/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29825/"><img alt="The Health Resort Quarterly, 3 of 4: Pages 2 and 3" title="The Health Resort Quarterly, 3 of 4: Pages 2 and 3" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29825/small/"/></a></p><p>Listed on this page are articles extolling the qualities of local mineral water, the mineral water baths, and the year-round climate of the city. Advertisements defining the grades of water offered by The Carlsbad Water Company and the amenities offered by The Damron Hotel are also to be found on these pages.</p>